This report presents detailed, nonevaluative descriptions of instructional methods used in a sample of outstanding language training centers. Together these 19 different training programs represent a student age range from subteen to adult. Included are both intensive and nonintensive, military and civilian, and governmental and nongovernmental…

Brief descriptions of NDEA Title III supervisory programs in modern languages are arranged by state. Described under the state headings is the work of each supervisor or consultant at individual conferences in presenting foreign language methods, materials, equipment, and inservice training to language teachers. Additional state needs and special…

This main volume (SP 002 155-SP 002 180 comprise the appendixes to this volume) explains the ComField (competency based, field centered) Model--a systems approach to the education of elementary school teachers which entails specifications (1) for instruction and (2) for management of the instructional program. In an overview, the ComField Model is…

This article describes an attempt to give university students of English as a second language instruction in writing literary essays. The students were given literary commentaries to listen to in the language laboratory, and then were asked to summarize these commentaries, using, as much as possible, the structures contained in the original…

The 189 papers are organized by topic: simulation methodology, hybrid systems and methodology, simulation in the chemical and physical sciences, simulation in environmental sciences and biological systems, systems for managerial and social sciences, simulation credibility, energy, systems engineering, and government simulation facilities. Articles…

The report briefly describes the workshop in personalizing adult basic education with respect to objectives, organization, and evaluation. Contributions of resource persons to the workshop included the following papers (texts printed in full) which comprise approximately 45 pages of the report: Planning for Adult Education, William P. Miller;…

This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. No longer can we remain in isolation. It has become necessary to cope with revolutionary forces at work at home as well as abroad in man's struggle for independence, to understand the common elements of states whether they be free or under the reigns of a dictatorship, and to determine the…

This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. It is necessary for the students to understand that the seeds of international cooperation must be cultivated, and that the methods of peaceful solution to world conflict must be constantly re-evaluated and supported. Several specific objectives are listed: 1) to understand the basic foreign…

This is one unit of the series described in SO 000 378. To insure that his unit will go beyond the general treatment of government thought in Civics or American History classes, emphasis has been placed on the methods of inquiry which will help the student achieve the self-realization of his own role in government. An examination is made into the…

This paper describes some of the military requirements for an assessment technique with which to estimate the effectiveness of the interactions that occur between military assistance program advisors and their counterparts. An experimental criterion of effectiveness, willingness to work together, is described, and estimates of its validity…

The Advancement School staff tried to discover why urban secondary school students are underachievers and how their enthusiasm for learning can be rekindled. As a result they have developed these suggested curriculum materials and techniques to encourage acceptance of self and to help students discover their style, aptitudes, and good…

Designed to inform the profession about foreign language programs, methods, schedules, enrollments, and trends on Long Island, this report of a survey conducted in 1968 in 60 school districts, the Diocese of Brooklyn, and three parochial schools updates information gathered in a similar survey made in 1966. After a brief analysis under the general…

Guidelines for elementary and secondary school language programs are presented. Rationale, objectives, and basic principles are discussed. Major attention is directed to FLES and language teaching techniques. Scope and sequence are defined. Descriptions of the administrator's role, testing, electronic installations, and audiovisual aids, and the…

This report consists of three parts--(1) an overview of the use of the Ampex Intrinsic Device (AID) in beginning Spanish classes, (2) a description of the Course Author Language (CAL) computer program, and (3) a description of a supplementary project for the testing of the Appleton-Century-Crofts-Center for Applied Linguistics French Program. The…

A cost-effectiveness study in the teaching of foreign languages would, if implemented, aim to determine the results of cost-effectiveness by the introduction of new aims, methods, and equipment; to estimate the efficacy of existing resources; and to examine any other means by which productivity per student-cost could be improved. The following…